by MBC News | Oct 18, 2021
Voting in the Black Lake First Nation byelection takes place this week. Voters will be choosing their next chief after the late chief Archie Robillard died in August. Candidates for the position are Pauline Toutsaint-Thatcher, Elizabeth Alphonse and Coreen Sayazie....
by MBC News | Oct 18, 2021
By: Jessica Durling, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Humboldt Journal A tuberculosis (TB) outbreak in Black Lake and Fond Du Lac First Nations has been declared to be under control by the Athabasca Health Authority. The outbreak, when first declared on Oct. 8,...
by Joel Willick | Oct 18, 2021
An election has been called for the position of president of the Saskatchewan Provincial Metis Youth Council. The role of the council president will be to advocate for Metis youth in the province within the Metis-Nation Saskatchewan executive. Electoral officer Gwen...
by MBC News | Oct 15, 2021
RCMP officers and the Canadian Rangers are currently looking for missing boaters on Wollaston Lake. RCMP say that they received a complaint about three overdue boaters on Wednesday; two men and one woman. Wollaston Lake RCMP along with the assistance of community...
by MBC News | Oct 15, 2021
A professor from Stanley Mission is being recognized for his decades-long work in revitalizing the Cree Language. Solomon Ratt is an Associate Professor at the First Nations University of Canada and has been named to the Saskatchewan Order of Merit. “I was surprised...
by MBC News | Oct 15, 2021
An Indigenous lawyer is bringing her unique perspective to the cases she works on. Diana Janzen, a crown prosecutor in La Ronge and a Lac La Ronge Indian Band member, grew up in Stanley Mission and moved to Saskatoon to complete her law degree at the University of...
by MBC News | Oct 15, 2021
Provincial parks in Saskatchewan have seen record visitors this year. According to the provincial government over one million people visited the province’s parks in 2021 breaking the record set the year prior. “With residents staying close to home this past...
by Joel Willick | Oct 15, 2021
As winter approaches the Saskatoon Indian and Metis Frienship Centre is putting out a call for donations of winter clothing. Melissa Parkyn, Resolution House Support Worker with the friendship centre, says they want to make sure they have a good supply of warm clothes...
by MBC News | Oct 14, 2021
Three people have drowned after a boat capsized on Reindeer Lake. Thompson RCMP say a boat left Kinoosao, Saskatchewan on Monday destined for Brochet, Manitoba, but never arrived. On Tuesday afternoon, an overturned boat was found near a small island on the lake and a...
by MBC News | Oct 14, 2021
Two men face several charges after an incident involving bear mace on Mudie Lake First Nation. RCMP say last Friday morning a man threatened residents at a home on the First Nation. According to the RCMP, the man then discharged bear mace into the home before firing a...
